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atmti (hijita Letters .Patent No. 84,520, dated December l, 1868 MACHINEIAOR PAINTING WIRE CLOTH.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of vthesame.

Be itknown that l', OHARLns H. WATERS, of Groton, county of Alliddlesex,and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine forPainting Wire Cloth; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. j

My invention relates to a new mode of painting wire cloth, and 'consistsin the. immersion of the cloth in a bath of paint, whereby every portionof it is covered; thense of pressure-rolls, by the aid of which agreater or less quantity of paint may be left upon the cloth, and, atthe same time', a perfectly smooth surface attained. v

By the use of a drying-room a great quantity of cloth is hung in a smallspace; good circulation of air is obtained, which aids in drying, and noinjury eau result to thevpaint while it is in a soft condition.

The invention consists,

First, i'n supporting, upon suitable bearings in the machine, a web ofwire cloth, wound upon a roll, the end of said cloth being passed underand around a roll suspended in a trough of paint, and thence to thepressure-rolls. v

Second, in the usc of adjustable pressure-rolls, between which theclot-h passes, to graduate .the amount Third, in the use of a brush orany suitable device to break the films of paint in the meshes, if any,after. passing the pressure-rolls.

Fourth, in a mechanism to draw the cloth up, as it is being painted, toany desirable height, corresponding with the length of cloth to bepainted, as will be presently described. v

In the. accompanying (ha'wings, I hc ve represented my improvements,reference being had to the same in the following description, f which-Figure l is a front elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 is an end view of same.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through from A to B.

a a a represent the frame-work of machine, supporting all the workingparts, of which b is a beam or roll of wire cloth, its journals c' cresting in the boxes d d.

e is a trough to contain paint, lying horizontally across the machine,parallel with beam or roll b.

ff are levers, being pivoted at one end upon the studs g g in the frameand supporting a roll in boxes at the opposite ends, which is immersedin the paint in the paint-trough e, all being held in their proper placeby the hooks h h, secured to the frame a by the studs fi t', and passingthrough the levers f j' at the point j.

k k are two pressure-rolls,-whose 'centres are-on a common level, madeof any suitable material, which, bythe aid of the set-screws l l, shallhave the effect tf* graduate the amount of paint to be left uponthecloth.

after passing through between them.

'm is a rotary brushing-device, having two or more brushes, andsupported in the frame c a, in the boxes n n., at a proper distance fromthe cloth to allow it to brush it suicicntly to break all the hns ofpaint which may lill the meshes, as it passes upward, being drawn bythebow-sllapedmetallic device o, provided with sockets a-t each end toreceive the ends of the clamp p, which is secured to the-end of thccloth, said device o being attached to the rope q, which passes upwardto the grooved pulley -r, thence horizontally to the grooved vpulley-s,thence to the flanged pulley t, upon shaft of roll r.

I1l. is a crankl upon the end of the pressure-roll shaft,

- and upon same shaft is a grooved pulley, c.

w is a grooved pulley upon the shaft of the rotaryl brush m, on thesaine vertical plane with the pulley c, motion being transmitted from oto w by the round belt-zt5^ Having described the manner in which thedevices composing my machine are arranged, I will now proceed todescribe how the same operate together.'

The end of the wire cloth, Wound upon the beam or roll b, is passedunder thc'roll in the trough of paint e by the attendant, and thence topressure-rollsk k, which, being turned by the crank u, causes them toseize the cloth and draw it through in a perpendicular direction. Theclamp p is then attached to the end of the cloth,

and placed in the sockets of the lifting-device o attached tothe rope q,which passes over the rolls r and s to the of a drying-room, of anydesirable height, the grooved` pulleys l1 and s being secured at thetop, and .when the 'desired length of cloth to be' hung in this room haspassed through the process of painting, it is cut oil' and lifted out ofthe sockets in device o, and suspended upon brackets, so arranged as toreceive the projecting lends' of the clamp p.

Having described my improvements, v

What- I cl( im as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-. f

1. The combined arrangement of wire cloth and mechanism, hereindescribed, for painting wire cloth, consisting of a trough of paint inwhich the wire cloth is immersed, and adjustable pressure-rollers,between which -itis passed, and a mechanism by which the cloth,

after being painted, is drawn from the adjustable press- 3. Incombination with the L ure-rolls, substantially in the manner and forthe pur- J determine the 'quantity 0f pose specified. clot-h, theelnploynn ef L 2. In connection with the combined arrangement of erecleared, substantially wire cloth and mechanism, just deseribed, theemployment of :L drying-room in which the eloth is suspended verticallyWhile being dried, substantially as herein 1 specified.

.djusable rollers, which paint applied to the Wire brush, by which themeshes es described.

Witnesses: L. H. WA-FUJR.

GEO. F. WRIGHT H. H. WATERS.

